Quick Pear and Demerara Sugar Mini Tarts

Quick Pear and Demerara Sugar Mini Tarts

The combination between the strong taste of goat cheese and the pear sweetness is amazing. This recipe is very easy to prepare and you should go for it if you have some juicy pears in your kitchen.

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Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes minutes

Total Time: 35 minutes minutes

Course: Dessert

Servings: 8 mini tarts

Ingredients

• 7 oz Pastry Dough
• 4 Ripe Pears
• 3.5 oz Goat Creamy Cheese
• 1 Egg
• 2 tablespoons Demerara Sugar

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 360°F.
• Cut the dough in 8 equal squares.
• Spread each square with the rolling pin.
• Cut a border inside each square.
• Beat the egg and brush the border edges.
• Fold all the outer edges on the inside square.
• Line a baking tray with parchment paper.
• Transfer the squares in the tray.
• Place a dollop of creamy cheese on each of the squares.
• Cut the pears in halves, remove the core, and then slice them.
• Cut the slices in halves again, so you will get a quarter of a pear, sliced.
• Place a pear quarter on each mini tart.
• Brush the edges with the beaten egg.
• Sprinkle a lot of Demerara sugar.
• Bake for 18-20 minutes until golden brown.

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Pears are my favorite fruits when fall comes. They smell nice and are so sweet and juicy, perfect for some delicious desserts. They remind me of my childhood when I used to go to may grandparents' house in the countryside and pick the fruits directly from the tree. Me and my cousins used to grab a lot of pears and apples and climb into an old quince tree to eat them. Grandma used to call us to come to lunch, but we were hidden between the branches and didn't want to go down. In fact, we weren't hungry at all because we had eaten a lot of fruits.

Cooking pear desserts brings a lot of nostalgic memories to me, like the pita bread my grandma used to bake in her brick oven. We ate it with pear compote and I can't remember eating something more delicious than this simple meal.

I thought of preparing some pear mini tarts and since I din't have a brick oven and much time to cook, I simply used some pastry puff 🙂

Start by preheating the oven to 360°F.

The tarts are very easy to prepare. It may be harder to explain how to do them, but you can watch the pictures and everything will be clear.

First of all, cut the pastry puff in 8 equal squares.

Sprinkle flour on your working surface and on the puff. Spread the dough using a rolling pin. Make sure it doesn't get to thin so you'll be able to remove it from the table when you will need to.

Using a sharp knife, cut a boarder on the dough square just like you see in the picture.

Beat the egg and use a pastry brush to brush all the outer edges.

After that fold all the edges to the interior of the square.

Line a baking tray with parchment paper and transfer the squares.

Place a dollop of creamy cheese on each square. Goat cheese has a strong taste and is quite different from the or sheep cheese. This is why your mini tarts will look and taste delicious after you add the sweet pears.

It is time to cut the pears. Cut in halves and remove the core. Slice them and cut the slices in halves again. You will get a quarter of a pear, sliced.

Place one quarter on each mini tart, and arrange the slices like a fan.

Brush the edges with the remaining egg.

Sprinkle Demerara sugar in a generous quantity.

Bake for 18-20 minutes in the preheated oven.

Your tarts will have a golden brown tint and they will look amazing.

You may serve with more sugar (add when they are still hot) or with a few teaspoons of honey.

Enjoy!

Quick Pear and Demerara Sugar Mini Tarts

The combination between the strong taste of goat cheese and the pear sweetness is amazing. This recipe is very easy to prepare and you should go for it if you have some juicy pears in your kitchen.

Pin Recipe

Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes minutes

Total Time: 35 minutes minutes

Course: Dessert

Servings: 8 mini tarts

Ingredients

• 7 oz Pastry Dough
• 4 Ripe Pears
• 3.5 oz Goat Creamy Cheese
• 1 Egg
• 2 tablespoons Demerara Sugar

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 360°F.
• Cut the dough in 8 equal squares.
• Spread each square with the rolling pin.
• Cut a border inside each square.
• Beat the egg and brush the border edges.
• Fold all the outer edges on the inside square.
• Line a baking tray with parchment paper.
• Transfer the squares in the tray.
• Place a dollop of creamy cheese on each of the squares.
• Cut the pears in halves, remove the core, and then slice them.
• Cut the slices in halves again, so you will get a quarter of a pear, sliced.
• Place a pear quarter on each mini tart.
• Brush the edges with the beaten egg.
• Sprinkle a lot of Demerara sugar.
• Bake for 18-20 minutes until golden brown.

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